后上帝时代的生命意义探寻：从尼采体验的“永恒回归”解读《血色子午线》
Quest for the Meaning of Life in the Post-God Era: On Blood Meridian from the Perspective of Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence
摘要: 《血色子午线》是美国当代著名作家科马克•麦卡锡的重要代表作。小说从一个没有姓名的孩子视角出发，用犀利的笔触再现了十九世纪中期美墨边境真实发生的种族屠杀事件。本文试从尼采体验的“永恒回归”视角出发，考察麦卡锡在其创作中对信仰坍塌的后上帝时代所进行的生命意义的探寻，并由此得出结论：只有意识到永恒回归的必然性，主动并乐于体验这种循环运动，人类才有可能获得属于自己的生命意义，成为生命的强者。而麦卡锡在小说中所表现出的包容性哲思，也为日渐衰落的美国当代南方文学的发展指明了道路。
Abstract: Blood Meridian is the masterpiece of Cormac McCarthy, a well-recognized American contemporary writer. From the perspective of an anonymous kid, the novel offers a poignant representation of historical slaughters that took place on the US-Mexico border during the 1850s. By looking into the eternal recurrence proposed by Nietzsche, this paper attempts to discuss McCarthy’s quest for the meaning of life in the post-God era and draws the conclusion that only by realizing the inevitability of the eternal recurrence and being willing to voluntarily and positively experience the recurrence, can one create the meaning of life and be the hero of life. Besides, the inclusive and humanistic concerns McCarthy shows in the novel may well indicate a promising way for the future development of American Southern Literature which suffers from a decline in the contemporary world.
文章引用：荆瑞歌. 后上帝时代的生命意义探寻：从尼采体验的“永恒回归”解读《血色子午线》[J]. 世界文学研究, 2018, 6(2): 45-54. https://doi.org/10.12677/WLS.2018.62007

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